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3:20 PM ET, September 2, 2022

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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
MAGA Republicans are seething with rage because Biden hit his target  —  Republicans are in a rage over President Biden's speech in Philadelphia, in which he flatly declared that the American democratic experiment is in serious danger due to Donald Trump and the Republicans who remain allied with his political project.
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
As Biden warned about democracy's collapse, TV networks aired reruns  —  While broadcasters typically air a prime-time address by the president, they determined that this speech was more ‘political’ than newsworthy for live coverage.  —  While President Biden warned the nation about threats …
The White House:
REMARKS BY PRESIDENT BIDEN ON THE CONTINUED BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF THE NATION  —  THE PRESIDENT: My fellow Americans, please, if you have a seat, take it.  I speak to you tonight from sacred ground in America: Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
New York Times:
Full Transcript of President Biden's Speech in Philadelphia
Emily Goodin / Daily Mail:
'I don't consider any Trump supporter a threat to the country': Now Biden walks BACK his attacks on MAGA Republicans …
Washington Post:
Biden warns U.S. faces powerful threat from anti-democratic forces
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Hypocrite Biden's speech was about one thing only — trying to bait Trump
Steven Nelson / New York Post:   Heckler chants ‘F-k Joe Biden’ throughout primetime speech
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Trump search inventory released, reveals new details on docs  —  FBI agents who searched former President Donald Trump's Florida home last month found empty folders marked with classified banners, according to a more detailed inventory of the seized material made public by the Justice Department on Friday.
Discussion: Politico, NewsNation and Rolling Stone
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New York Times:
F.B.I. Found 48 Empty Folders That Had Contained Classified Documents at Trump's Home  —  A detailed inventory of items seized in the F.B.I.'s search of Mar-a-Lago raised the question of whether the government had fully recovered the documents or any remained missing.
Washington Post:
Deep inside bustling Mar-a-Lago, a storage room where secrets were stashed  —  FBI agents were directed to windowless storage room when they came looking for classified documents in June  —  The ornate centerpiece of the historic Mar-a-Lago estate that Donald Trump bought for cheap in 1985 is an expansive …
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Empty folders among items found in FBI search of Trump home  —  FBI agents who searched former President Donald Trump's Florida home last month found empty folders marked with classified banners, according to a more detailed inventory of the seized material made public by the Justice Department on Friday.
Discussion: NBC News, CBS News and Raw Story
Tierney Sneed / CNN:   Mar-a-Lago search inventory shows documents marked as classified mixed with clothes, gifts, press clippings
Wall Street Journal:
Court Releases Detailed FBI Inventory of Material Seized at Trump's Mar-a-Lago
Deepa Shivaram / NPR:
Empty folders with classified banners are among the items seized from Mar-a-Lago
Allahpundit / HotAir:
Farewell to Hot Air  —  Last night I got to thinking about how many posts I've written for Hot Air.  I've looked at the total before but it never sticks in my mind.  Big numbers seldom do.  —  My guess was 15,000.  The reality: 36,590.  That's six per day, every day.  For 16 years.
Discussion: National Review
Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
John Podesta to Oversee $370 Billion in U.S. Climate Spending  —  Mr. Podesta, a Democratic stalwart, will oversee $370 billion in clean energy investments.  Gina McCarthy, the president's domestic climate adviser, is stepping down.  —  WASHINGTON — President Biden will appoint John Podesta …
Discussion: Bloomberg
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Politico:
Biden climate chief Gina McCarthy to leave White House  —  Gina McCarthy, President Joe Biden's top domestic climate adviser, will leave the White House on Sept. 16, just weeks after Congress passed the largest-ever U.S. law to tackle climate change — legislation that her office helped craft.
Ella Nilsen / CNN:
Biden taps Clinton campaign manager Podesta to implement climate spending in landmark law
Discussion: USA Today and Townhall
Victor I. Nava / Washington Examiner:
Putin declines to honor Gorbachev with state funeral  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's funeral and will not designate it a state funeral, the Kremlin announced on Thursday.  —  The Kremlin's top spokesman said that Putin's …
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Paul Kirby / BBC:
Ravil Maganov: Russian Lukoil chief dies in ‘fall from hospital window’
David Siders / Politico:
Why Sarah Palin's loss is a warning for the GOP  —  Everyone who could read a poll or a room in Alaska knew Sarah Palin was unpopular in her home state.  What was jarring to Republicans about her defeat in a U.S. House race there was that so many conservatives were unwilling to vote for her, anyway.
Discussion: National Review, Raw Story and Mediaite
Lauren Kaori Gurley / Washington Post:
Labor market added 315,000 jobs in August, a bright spot in the economy  —  A stellar 20 consecutive months of sustained job growth more than recovered the millions of jobs lost during the pandemic  —  The U.S. labor market added 315,000 jobs in August, hitting a 20-month streak …
Discussion: CNBC, HotAir and Wall Street Journal
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Courtenay Brown / Axios:
U.S. adds solid 315,000 jobs in August
Gil Barndollar / The Atlantic:
Don't Believe the Generals  —  A T-shirt that was popular with veterans for much of America's nearly 20-year war in Afghanistan showed a helicopter in flight with the caption We Were Winning When I Left.  U.S. generals seem to be the only ones who didn't get the joke.
Andrew Van Dam / Washington Post:
The most-regretted (and lowest-paying) college majors  —  Almost half of humanities and arts majors regret their choice — and enrollment in those disciplines is shrinking rapidly  —  Nearly 2 in 5 American adults have major regrets.  —  That is, they regret their college major.
Chris Sommerfeldt / New York Daily News:
NYC files lawsuit against Starbucks for firing union-organizing barista in Astoria, Queens  —  Mayor Adams' administration is suing Starbucks over allegations that the coffee corporation unlawfully fired a Queens barista who had been involved in unionization efforts — marking the first time the city …
Discussion: Snopes.com
Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
Veterans Affairs to offer abortions in limited cases, even in states where banned  —  The Department of Veteran Affairs plans to offer abortion access in cases of rape, incest, or if the health of the mother is in jeopardy to veterans or eligible dependents after the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade.
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Ben Kesling / Wall Street Journal:
Veterans Affairs to Provide Abortion Services for Health Dangers, Rape and Incest
Discussion: HuffPost and NBC News
Anna Bower / Lawfare:
A Mar-a-Lago Showdown in Federal Court  —  It is 1:07 p.m. ET at the federal courthouse in Palm Beach, Florida, and it's time for the first big courtroom showdown between former President Trump and federal prosecutors over the FBI's search of Mar-a-Lago.  —  Judge Aileen Cannon enters the courtroom …
Discussion: VICE, Outside the Beltway and CNBC
Bloomberg:
Gazprom Won't Reopen Gas Pipeline in 11th Hour Blow to Europe  —  Russia's Gazprom PJSC said its key gas pipeline to Europe won't reopen as planned, moving the region a step closer to blackouts, rationing and a severe recession.  —  The pipeline was due to reopen on Saturday after maintenance.
 
 
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Margot Cleveland / The Federalist:
Déjà Vu? DOJ's ‘Classified Documents’ Narrative Feels Like A Get-Trump Trick We've Seen Before
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